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The first NecronomiCon Providence was held in August 2013, [5] and was the successor to the earlier "NecronomiCon: The Cthulhu Mythos Convention" [6] that has been founded and organized by The Lovecraft Society of New England biannually from 1993–2001, led by Franklin Hummel (founder of the Gaylaxian Network), attorney Joan Stanley, and Necronomicon Press publisher Marc Michaud. [7]
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (US: / ˈ l ʌ v k r æ f t /, UK: / ˈ l ʌ v k r ɑː f t /; August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos. [a] Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England.
135 Benefit Street, Providence, Rhode Island. The Shunned House of the title is based on an actual house in Providence, Rhode Island, built around 1763 and still standing at 135 Benefit Street. Lovecraft was familiar with the house because his aunt Lillian Clark lived there in 1919/20 as a companion to Mrs. H. C. Babbit. [1]
Lovecraft Studies experienced a hiatus in 2006 and was replaced by the Lovecraft Annual a year later. [8] Meanwhile, the biannual NecronomiCon Providence convention was first held in 2013. Its purpose is to serve as a fan and scholarly convention that discusses both Lovecraft and the wider field of weird fiction .
In the dream, Lovecraft is visiting an antiquity museum in Providence, attempting to convince the aged curator there to buy an odd bas-relief Lovecraft himself had sculpted. The curator initially scoffs at him for trying to sell something that was recently made to a museum of antique objects. Lovecraft then remembers himself answering the curator:
Lovecraft and his friends Adolphe de Castro and Robert H. Barlow composed acrostics in memoriam to Poe while visiting the churchyard. The book also provides details on structures of note such as the house on Benefit St, Providence which provided the inspiration for Lovecraft's story " The Shunned House ."
George L. Clarke (1813–1890), 10th Mayor of Providence, lived at 95 Angell Street; Francis W. Carpenter (1831–1922) lived at 276 Angell St; H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) was born at 454 Angell Street lived here in his early childhood. Lovecraft later moved to 598 Angell Street, where he spent an additional two decades. [2]
The Dhol Chants was first mentioned in the short story "The Horror In The Museum" by Lovecraft and Hazel Heald. They are alluded to in passing as a semi-mythical collection of chants attributed to the almost-human people of Leng. The chants themselves are never described, nor do they appear in any other of Lovecraft's works.